Ticket To Drink

Opinion - Reader Views

December 3, 2000

Thanks to the Thursday article "Drinking limit stumps drivers," traveling this holiday season could be more dangerous than ever. The article has given holiday partygoers, who otherwise may have limited themselves to one or two alcoholic beverages, the green light to increase their intake and to proceed home behind the wheel.

Despite the statement by Ralph Blackman of the Century Council, a coalition of liquor makers -- "We're not suggesting that people aggressively drink up to the limit" but simply want to "increase awareness of the legal limits" -- liquor makers are obviously out to sell their product. The release of their survey results may be just the ticket.

This holiday season, when we take our children to the mall to visit Santa, we'll be a little more cautious than usual. Cindy Nash